Senfter - Sonata G Minor Op 32 for Violin/piano

Johanna Senfter (1879-1961) was a pupil of Max Reger. Beginning with an expressive violin theme in a densely packed 'Brahms-like' piano setting the classical four-movement work centres around two capricious and playful movements: Lustig nicht zu schnell is how the second movement begins a fugal gem working with all kinds of contrapuntal tricks. This is followed by a scherzo-like wittily flirting Rasch. The finale begins with a melodically simple tune in an almost folksong-like tone which by a sequence of character variations builds to a grand gesture which eventually leads back to the initial cantabile - with the sonata coming to a quiet end. A valuable addition to the chamber music repertoire.